Albertus Magnus Hosts Unified Sports Tournament
Public is Welcome to Attend
There is a lot of “hoopla” in New Haven. Albertus Magnus College is hosting the Unified Sports Basketball Tournament in conjunction with CIAC/Special Olympics Unified Sports – partnering athletes with and without disabilities on athletic teams for training and competition. Dozens of athletes from area schools and teams will take part in this event that is open to the public. Members of the Albertus Magnus Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams will serve as referees and chauffeurs for the athletes.
What: Unified Sports Basketball Tournament
When: Friday, March 29 from 9:30 am to 11:30 am
Where: Cosgrove Marcus Messer Athletic Center, 303 Huntington Street, New Haven, CT
In September of 2018, Albertus Magnus entered into a partnership with the Amity Regional School District that included a Unified Sports program. In an effort to continue that collaboration at the college level, their teacher, Tricia Fitzgerald, reached out to Albertus Magnus and a team was formed in February. It is coached by Dr. Christine Atkins and graduate student Adam Olszyk.
Albertus Magnus College and Southern Connecticut State University have the first Unified Sports programs in the state of Connecticut.
If participants would like more information, please contact Dr. Atkins at catkins@albertus.edu or Mr. Olszyk at adolszyk@albertus.edu or Ms. Fitzgerald at patricia.fitzgerald@amityregion5.org.
This giving of ourselves in the communities that we serve is one of the four pillars of Dominican Tradition: study, prayer and contemplation, community, and service. This event also leads up to the Second Annual Day of Service at Albertus Magnus, which will take place on April 6.
ABOUT ALBERTUS MAGNUS COLLEGE
Albertus Magnus College, founded in 1925 by the Dominican Sisters of Peace, is a Catholic College in the Dominican Tradition. It is recognized as a Top 100 Regional University in the north by US News & World Report Best Colleges guide for 2019. The College has an enrollment of 1,500 students in its traditional undergraduate program, accelerated adult degree programs, and 12 graduate programs, including a new Master of Public Administration and the only Master of Arts in Art therapy and Counseling in Connecticut. In the last few months, the College received two significant federal grants, $300,000 from the Department of Justice and a $2 million Title III grant from the Department of Education.
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